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Cessna Mustang and TBM 850

I recently had a chance to do some demo time in both a Cessna Mustang and TBM 700.  I spent an hour in the Mustang and four hours in a TBM 700 over a weekend.  Both are very capable machines and certainly worth consideration, but it was not difficult for me to decide which plane I am interested in purchasing.  I would like to get a more detailed review together when I get a bit more time, but in the meantime one of our forum contributors has a great review of the Mustang which is a thorough and comprehensive assessment of the aircraft and certainly more information than I will post.  Once a G1000 version of the TBM 850 is available I will spend some time reviewing it relative to the Mustang, but I doubt my conclusion will change since it was based on factors that are not changing from the 700 to 850.  There are a number of commercial reviews of the TBM, but I have not seen one reviewing the G1000 850 yet.  If a reader happens to know of one please link to it in forums. 
Published Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:51 PM by JoeN

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joejenie said:

I just took delivery of my TBM 850 with G-1000 a couple days ago.  I had a 700 before that and there is no comparison.  The G-1000 is awesome and so is the extra 150 hp.  On the trip home from Bangor Maine to Utah, I was consistently seeing 312-314 KTAS at FL280 (burning 60 gph).  It can also do a lot of short runway stuff you will never do in a jet.  Add the Density altitude performance of a turboprop and you have the reason why I'm in a new TBM.  

I love the Mustang as well and think it is a great plane for the mission.  My mission just didn't make sense for one.  I live at a high altitude, high temperature airport.  The TBM is much better for that.  If I lived at sea level, I might have went the other way.  
May 9, 2008 9:12 PM
 

JoeN said:

If you get a chance, how about posting a review/pirep? To my knowledge there is no other review on the TBM 850 anywhere and I suspect there are a number of us that would be interested in hearing more about it.
May 10, 2008 5:48 AM
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